Karisha

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Karisha by the numbers

Karisha was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 23 babies in 1989, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Karisha

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Karisha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Karissagraceful; a form of Carissa136 in the US (2017)
  • Karishmamiracle, magic20 in the US (2017)
  • Karisagraceful; a form of Carissa7 in the US (2017)
  • Kadishaholy, sacred; feminine form of kadosh5 in the US (2017)
  • Krisha24 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Karisma40 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Karisha

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